Stairway to Always On Level 7: Combining FCIs with Availability Groups
In Level 7 of this stairway, we look at combining Availability Groups with FCIs for both HA and DR protection.
2024-07-23 (first published: 2015-07-01)
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Perry Whittle
Stairway to Always On Level 8: Segregate Mirror Traffic in AlwaysOn
this article details how to segregate the mirror traffic in an Always On group configuration
2024-07-23 (first published: 2016-03-09)
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Truncate tables where Referential Integrity exists
This script can be useful in test and dev environments to quickly clear tables via the truncate command where referential integrity exists.
2024-05-15 (first published: 2024-05-02)
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2018-10-12 (first published: 2018-10-04)
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How to execute a Powershell script via SSIS
Learn how you can execute a PowerShell script via the SSIS execute process task.
2018-04-06 (first published: 2015-12-03)
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SMKs, DMKs, Certificates for TDE and Encrypted Backups
This article details SMKs, DMKs and certificates in SQL Server as they relate to Transparent Data Encryption and Encrypted Backups.
2015-12-09
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2015-10-08 (first published: 2015-07-02)
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How to Create a Corrupt SQL Server Database
This article details how to create a corrupt SQL Server database for testing purposes
2014-08-08 (first published: 2012-05-04)
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Using Encrypted Backups in SQL Server 2014
This article details encrypted backups and how they are implemented in SQL Server 2014.
2014-05-15
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Creating a 2 Node SQL Server 2008 Virtual Cluster Part 2
Learn how to create a Windows\SQL Server 2008 virtual cluster. In this article learn about the Windows clustering setup.
2013-12-24 (first published: 2011-07-12)
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The Long Running Backup
I have a long running backup of the Sales database during a maintenance window that is going to take another 2 hours to complete on SQL Server 2022. I also need to perform some proactive work and add another file (ndf) to the Sales database to handle the expected growth of the next month. Can I do both simultaneously?
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